OK, any idea why this cocktail is named for a character from The Cosby Show?

A great use for that partial bottle of bubbly left over from Christmas! Using both Boker's and Angostura Orange Bitters sounded pretty heavy in a champagne cocktail, so I kept the Boker's but changed the Angostura to the lighter, more orangey Fee Bros. West Indian Orange Bitters (with Camus VSOP) and was very pleased with the results. Angostura (or maybe Bitter Truth) Aromatic Bitters might be a reasonable sub for Boker's, though, as Difford suggests below. Happy Holidays everyone!

I really like this champagne cocktail, but what do you use, if you don't have Boker's bitters? Someone with some advice? I tried with one dash Scrappy´s chocolate bitter and one dash Peychaud's bitters and is was nice but too chocolate. Tried to repair with more champagne, cognac, and Heering and it didn't work. I assume it is not supposed to be a chocolate tasting cocktail...

On Christmas morning, it's summer where we are. So we like to go with a Sabot or a Russian Punch. If I were in Blighty on a cold Christmas day this cocktail would be perfect.

Can’t say I really liked this. It seemed too sweet and sort of heavy.

The champagne does its best to keep everyone organised, but the cherry was still too strong for me. I might try it with 15ml cherry brandy next time...

Is it intentional that this recipe calls for a scant 2 drops of Boker's rather than 2 dashes?

This is really good and currently my favorite champagne cocktail. Haven't got the Bonkers Bitters yet so I used two capfulls Underberg. And yes the cherry notes were very subtle yet rich. Must try this again with the Sangue Morlacco. Also, I mixed another one with Hayman's Sloe Gin in place of the Cherry Herring. Made a suprisingly different drink. Lighter and seemingly drier yet fascinatingly complex.